Wizard: I Can Refine Everything-Chapter 526 - 71: A New Task

Supporting forces should support forces, and making money should be all about making money, each to its own.

Once the command center took over the Wuxiang Valley, it was no longer his, and naturally, everything inside became resources for the command center.

But before the command center took over, those resources were still Richard’s property, and if he managed to empty them out, it just meant his abilities were exceptional.

Soon, as thunder boomed across the sky, the Sect Master of Mountain Smoke Sect had his defenses pierced by a Divine Wizard, and half his body was reduced to ashes. This also marked the outcome of the battle.

Having known the outcome of the battle, Richard had no desire to continue watching it.

What was left was just garbage time.

"Ulysses, notify the wizards below to prepare for the main forces to enter the city."

"Squawk, using me like a messenger pigeon again, won’t you use your crystal ball?"

"Cough cough, isn’t it because the Communication Pyramid is not with me? You’ll have to work a bit, I’m going to check out the Secret Realm."

Having said that, Richard casually opened a Secret Realm Rift and entered the Secret Realm.

Richard hadn’t thoroughly checked the storerooms of Wuxiang Valley yet, and now that they had been moved into the Secret Realm, he couldn’t help but feel some anticipation.

Inside the Secret Realm, Richard’s Fire Lizard Battle Group, the Fire Lizard Craftsmen, and their families all dropped their work, sorrowfully yet joyfully transferring the resources of Wuxiang Valley into the temporary storerooms made by the Holy Tree Elves.

What lay before them was a mountain of treasures composed of alchemy materials and magical plants.

And at this moment, Richard’s magic pet and mount, Hog, was happily rolling around in a pile of Magic Essence next to the material heap.

As a sect with tens of thousands of years of history, Wuxiang Valley’s treasures, though slightly inferior to those of the old sects, were still enough to stun the heart.

Wuxiang Valley had four major warehouses: the Yuan Crystal Warehouse, Treasure Materials Warehouse, Weapons Warehouse, and Treasure Medicine Warehouse. These four warehouses belonged to the sect and were responsible for maintaining the daily operations of Wuxiang Valley.

Above these four warehouses, Wuxiang Valley also had a Treasure Vault, which was the inner warehouse where Richard found the Mystic Bird Armor.

At this moment, aside from the Weapons Warehouse, all the contents of the other three major warehouses had been moved by Richard into the Secret Realm. Just the Yuan Crystals alone, which are Magic Essence for wizards, amounted to nearly one billion.

The value of various Magic Potions and alchemy materials was so great that it couldn’t be estimated in a short time.

And these didn’t even include the various treasures that Richard took from the inner vault.

Keep in mind that the Wilderness Great World didn’t enter the End of Magic Era like the Wizard World did due to severe destruction. Hundreds of epochs since the Pioneer disappeared, the Wilderness Great World had been continuously giving birth to rare and exotic treasures, many of which couldn’t be produced in ordinary worlds.

Richard made a rough estimate that with this haul, he had earned wealth equivalent to more than half a Miniature World.

Looking at the mountains of Magic Essence and alchemy materials piled before him, Richard was profoundly shaken.

Wealth doesn’t seem much when it’s just numbers. But when wealth turns into tangible goods, people realize what those short rows of numbers truly signify.

Swallowing hard, Richard shook his head to dispel the thought of diving into a sea of Magic Essence.

Such foolish acts were fine for Hog to commit, but he, a wizard, mustn’t be so depraved.

He walked over to Calion, who was grinning ear to ear, eyes sparkling with gold, and pulled the enchanted Fire Lizard away from the side of Treasure Mountain.

"Lord, Lord! Lord! Let me sort this lot out!"

Calion struggled towards Treasure Mountain, his voice pleading and manic. Richard was unmoved, steadily pulling him towards the Alchemy Workshop.

"Cleared your head a bit now?"

Inside the Alchemy Workshop, Richard looked at Calion and asked in a calm voice.

Calion looked around at the Alchemy Machines, his expression immediately becoming lucid. He awkwardly bowed, "Lord, I lost my composure."

"That’s quite normal," Richard replied. "I understand the desire for treasures in your blood. However, this desire cannot affect your work. I need you to produce a Magic Essence Cutting Machine now, to cut these Magic Essence Ores into standard Magic Essence."

Saying so, Richard took out a thumbsized standard Magic Essence from his pocket.

"Make it this size. Spend more effort on the design to cut out as much standard Magic Essence as possible."

During the Age of Enlightenment, wizards began to use Magic Stones and Magic Essence as general equivalents. Later, after the Wizard Wars ended and the Truth Council was established to create a stable market, the council began to promote standard Magic Essence and standard Magic Stones in the Wizard World. With years of development, the irregularly sized Magic Essence and Magic Stones had disappeared, and standard Magic Stones had completely replaced the raw Magic Stone ores.

However, the Wild Beastmen’s treatment of Magic Essence still remained at the ore stage. Therefore, to fit the trade and various Magic Equipment, these raw Magic Stones had to be cut.

"Yes, Lord. I’ll get right on it."

Calion bowed slightly to Richard and then ran to the treasure pile, pulling several of his colleagues out of it. Seeing the smile on his face, Richard also couldn’t help but laugh.

Playing tricks on his teammates, huh.

After dealing with the raw Magic Stones, Richard was about to leave the Secret Realm. But as he was about to do so, a faint snap entered his ears.

He stopped, swiftly moving to the resting area of the Fire Lizards.

Since Richard had approved the entry of Fire Lizard Worker families into the Secret Realm, their communal dormitories at the very beginning had now turned into apartment buildings.

Even Fire Lizards, being of the Dragon Blood Species, don’t like being watched while mating.

Currently, the entire Fire Lizard resting area was empty, except for a familiar figure that had stayed behind.

Richard approached and saw that the Fire Lizard was none other than Crawly, the one who had instigated him to recruit Fire Lizard talent.

Crawly was guarding a nest made of Volcanic Red Stone, a special product from the Red Sun World, and within the nest was a Fire Lizard Egg showing signs of cracking.

Long ago, Richard had allowed Fire Lizard Craftsmen to bring their mates into the Secret Realm. Later, this rule extended to the Fire Lizard Workers as well.

Yet, after so many years, this was the first time Richard witnessed the hatching of Fire Lizard Eggs in the Secret Realm.

But from Richard’s perception, the life aura within this egg seemed excessively faint.

A thought crossed Richard’s mind, and suddenly a gentle layer of Holy Light radiated from him. The Divine Art that had once hatched Hog flew out from Richard’s fingertips and instantly entered the Fire Lizard Egg.

At this moment, even Crawl, who was as slow as they come, noticed Richard’s arrival.

He hurriedly got to his feet and bowed to Richard, saying, "Lord Richard, I didn’t notice your arrival just now."

Richard held no grudge against this somewhat slow-witted Fire Lizard. He pointed at the egg and asked, "Is this your child?"

Crawl nodded, "Yes, Lord Richard."

Richard smiled as he patted Crawl’s head, "I remember when I first saw you; you were only this tall."

He gestured at his waist.

"It’s hard to believe that in the blink of an eye, you too have started a family. Time...," Richard sighed slightly, "flies so fast."

After becoming a longevity species, his perception of time had become increasingly dull. Once he became a Great Wizard, perhaps the time he spent on research would amount to half a lifetime for others.

Under Richard’s blessing, the little Fire Lizard that was on the brink of life and death immediately stabilized.

Under the watchful eyes of Richard and Crawl, the little one broke through the eggshell and let out its first roar at the world.

"Wow!"

It was at that moment that Richard suddenly felt a strange connection form between himself and the little creature.

Richard touched the little one, and at the next moment, he knew what this connection was.

"Born into the world with the kind blessing of the Divine... little one, you are naturally my follower."

...

The Great Wizard Illusion spent three days to breach the Mountain Smoke Sect. The Sect Leader died in battle, and not a single disciple survived.

The Mountain Smoke Sect thus perished.

And beyond the Mountain Smoke Sect, Wuxiang Valley now faced the Wizard army. For the people of Wuxiang Valley City, which had just undergone a major purge, panic was spreading through every Wild Beastman’s heart like air.

Soon after dealing with the Mountain Smoke Sect, the Wizard army arrived at the territory of Wuxiang Valley.

The Wild Beastmen Martial Artists within the city, looking at the colossal steel creation in the sky, felt a despair spreading wildly within them as if it were weeds.

But they neither received a call to surrender from the Wizards nor a command to resist from their superiors.

To their astonishment, they realized their Sect Leader had transformed into a Black-Robed Wizard. Those Hall Masters in key positions had all become Black-Robed Wizards.

All of the key figures in the city had turned into Wizards!

"Sect Leader you you you..." Ajiu watched the transformed Sect Leader, feeling the world spin before his very eyes.

No wonder the Sect Leader had launched surprise attacks on other Sects at a crucial time of the resistance against the Demon Sect. It turned out their Sect Leader had been mysteriously replaced by a Heavenly Demon long ago.

The Black Wizard looked at Ajiu with a strange laugh, "Do not look at me with that gaze; I have saved your lives. If you were to resist, you all would only be fit to serve as cannon fodder."

With that, the Black Wizard flew out of the hall, dissolving the Qi Men Array and welcoming the Wizard army in.

Following that, the Wizard army marched straight in, directly heading for the Wuxiang Valley that had already dissolved its Qi Men Array and was welcoming the Wizards.

Standing atop a mountain peak, Illusion the Great Wizard stepped forward and appeared at the summit.

At the mountain’s top, Richard and Ulysses had been waiting for a long time.

"Greetings, Great Wizard Illusion," Richard said with a slight bow.

Although Richard was not yet a Great Wizard, as the holder of the Wizard Hero Medal and favored by Garon the Great Wizard, he no longer needed to show the deep respect he once had for a Four Circle Great Wizard.

A slight bow was all that was necessary.

The Great Wizard Illusion scrutinized Richard carefully and admired him, "I didn’t expect Garon Master to have truly succeeded, transcending the bodily limits of third-level creatures. Tsk tsk, quite remarkable indeed."

After admiring Richard, he turned his attention to Ulysses.

"The information I received says you are the Sect Master of Wuxiang Valley. Then who is this?"

"This is my spoils of war, Great Wizard Illusion."

Illusion the Great Wizard squinted his eyes. As a Master of the Soul School, he could distinctly feel a soul present within this body.

"You know there’s a soul inside this body, right?"

"Of course, Great Wizard Illusion."

Seeing that Richard was aware of it, Illusion the Great Wizard did not bother to ask for a detailed explanation about the origin of this body. With Richard being just one step away from becoming a Great Wizard and as Garon Great Wizard’s favored one of the future, he saw no need to meddle in unnecessary affairs like demanding Richard to clarify every detail about this body.

"Officer Richard, I am hereby, on behalf of the Wilderness Great World Conquest Campaign Headquarters, officially taking over the Puppet force Wuxiang Valley that you support.

Now, I am giving you a new task on behalf of the headquarters.

You are to enter the Wild Beastmen rear as the acting Sect Master of Wuxiang Valley and collect as much information on the Demon Sect as possible."

Richard performed a Wizard’s Salute and replied, "Understood."